/kak"euh mis'euhl/ , n.
1. Also, cacomixle /kak"euh mis'euhl, -mik'seuhl/ . Also called bassarisk, ringtail, coon cat . a carnivorous animal, Bassariscus astutus, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., related to the raccoon but smaller, with a sharper snout and longer tail.
2. See civet cat .
[ 1865-70, Amer.; cacomiztle, cacomixtle tlahcomiztli, equiv. to tlahco- half, middle + miztli cougar ]